[Info-vax] OT: Microsoft success

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In article <73m9qiFvnlqaU1 at mid.individual.net>, billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>In article <49d562a1$0$90266$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>,
>	Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>> JF Mezei wrote:
>>> For a few years now, Ford vehicles in the united states have been
>>> equipped with dangerous Microsoft software.
>>> 
>>> Many here wanted to see this fail.
>>> 
>>> Unfortunatly, when you look at the current situation, Ford is relatively
>>> healthy, while GM and Chrysler are on the brink of extinction.
>> 
>> I think "not quite as ill" is more correct than "relative healthy".
>> 
>> And I don't think it has anything to do with their choice of
>> OS for in car computer.
>
>And bad programming is not patented feature of MicroSoft.  I have had the
>on-board computer on my Chevy Silverado crash.  Luckily not at a time when
>it put me in danger.  But it is interesting to watch everything just stop
>and you have to wait a couple of minutes before things come back to life.
>And, yes, everything is controlled by the on-board computer.

When your car crashes now, do you just close all its windows and restart?

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